AlienOne

Crap, that means I'll have to keep track of the misinformed assumptions you make of me, just so we're even....(lol)

We'll start with this:

I've never stated that I thought human form was a higher damage dealer than nova. Go ahead. Look up all my past posts. I have stated that I thought it dealt excellent damage, but not "TEH BEST EVAR."

Therefore, I have nothing to "admit to being wrong," as you seem to think.

"The One"

If you go back and re-read his post, he said "respectable" damage and not "awesome" damage. I believe there's a bit of a difference there, and besides that, when both you and Obsidian are basing all of your definitions of damage done with a Kheld on Nova form... I guess every other form and playstyle WOULD seem sub-par to you. I don't believe he was comparing OD to nova form, nor saying that it would out-do Nova, nor did he say it would out-tank dwarf. In actuality, he said OD was "respectable", and that it allowed him to "tank," not in a "taunt" sense, but in a "grab aggro" and "withstand the incoming damage" sense.

I believe any tanker in the the tanker section of the forums would say that there is a lot more to tanking than using "taunt." So, while, yes, dwarf form has a taunt, that fact alone has really nothing to do with what he was saying in his post.

"The One"

Now those latter responses were MUCH more helpful...

Diran, I'm in the middle of putting together a "So, you want to play an all-Human form Warshade?" guide (with videos and everything), and I'll be posting that as soon as "humanly" (har, har) possible...

"The One"

Wow, Obsidian attacking yet another person who prefers a different playstyle than he does...

C'mon, man... Give some people a break! If they explicitly state "I really enjoy playing like this," then what's the real *need* to berate that person? I mean, really? Why?

"The One"

These guys here are absolutely wrong in that "human form damage isn't that great." It is, and is very respectable. I wouldn't go as far as to say that "human form is the best", but saying that "it isn't that great" is a very naive and uninformed statement, and would cause me to wonder exactly how much experience one has at actually building and playing an all-human form. Not much, I gather, from that statement.

In addition, he has already stated that he would prefer to play in human form. I would like to see some "numbers" from Obsidian on the most effective human-form build, since that is what is what he is asking for. Not beratement on his playstyle of choice.

That isn't what I like to encourage. Sure, you can mention "It might be a little better for you if you pick dwarf", but you are offering that as the "only" solution to playing in all-human form. The best build for an "all-human" build is to NOT have a "all-human" build? What the F***, guys?

Wrong, wrong, wrong, and more wrong.

"The One"

The problem here is, I am not "backed into a corner" as you seem to think. My argument has always (and will continue to be) that playing a certain way as a Kheld is a PLAYSTYLE choice. I have no interest in numbers. I advise people, not on "this will make you hit 10 points more per second", but on "this is probably how you'll have the most fun, due to what you have stated as your preferable playstyle." You advise people through numbers. I don't consider your way to be wrong. Neither should you consider my way to be wrong, primarily because (as I've also stated before) it's just a game. Not a life-or-death situation.

Now, if we were both in an ambulance as paramedics trying to keep a person alive? In real life? Yeah, I'd go with numbers and statistics. But, this isn't real life. This is about having fun in a game.

Heck, I'd even give the floor to you numbers-wise in the game, if this were a person who was trying to build a toon for "best performance in PvP", because there, numbers ARE king. I daresay that might be the background where you're coming from, which would explain your fixation with numbers in City of Heroes/Villains. However, when it comes to having fun while playing your character.... I don't think every single person playing the game needs to know "by the numbers" why they should build their character a certain way, and no other way. That's just dictating how someone "should" play their game, which I don't believe is right at all.

Also, for someone who is concerned about accuracy, you certainly are innacurate about YOUR conclusions. How were you, by facts and numbers, able to draw the conclusion that I "dislike the results science and numbers provide?" I have never stated that I "dislike" the results. I've merely stated that I am a skeptic. And, skeptics are the sort of people that try to get the numbers people to "think outside the box" and "dream" a bit. If you think of life in terms of facts and figures all the time, I'd think one would become quite bored or insane... I know I would. I tend to be the more "creative" type. In fact, that may very well be the reasoning why I decided to go with a "human-only" build. Because I like to be a little more creative with getting something done, rather than maybe "the way it was intended."

In addition, if we were to go off-topic again, I could go on ALL DAY about carbon dating and how it's only able to ACCURATELY read in thousands of years, and not millions. But, again, that's off topic.

Again, (I'm not sure how many times I can repeat myself until I'm blue in the face), I'm not "dodging facts", I'm saying that we will not agree, because we're on completely different playing fields. I'm on a "playstyle" playing field, and you're on a "numbers and facts" playing field. My playstyle affects your numbers, insomuch as they aren't "as good as you think they should be", and your numbers affects my playstyle in that you think I should be playing my game a different way. And, no, I will not ever let anyone tell me how to play my game. I don't care what facts, numbers, bribes or whatever someone throws my way. You can count on that.

"The One"

Hey, another one in the same boat... Unemployment SUX. I'm right there with 'ya both.

"The One"

Today I edited down the music from about 4 and a half min to 2 and a half min for the promo video, laid it down, and laid down all the "intro" logos, as well as a couple of shots... Decided that the titles will look better done animated in After Effects than doing generic ones in Premiere Pro... Still working on the "timing" feel of it, when and when not to use slow and fast motion, and where to place the titling for it...



Overall, I think it will turn out to be exciting and "epic" feeling, and hopefully will interest the CoX community enough to see the event for themselves...

"The One"

I went to that link, followed the directions, logged on to the "full" administrator account, and got the same error on the install... In the picture, I included the amount of space on my main drive, the "administrator" highlighted, and the error messages...




Don't worry about it... It's not worth it to me to spend more time over troubleshooting, as I have 2 CoH videos to edit down...

"The One"

Well, I tend to be able to tell much easier if a person is making up stuff if I see a video of who/what they're fighting against, and what exactly their playstyle is, than if someone is just throwing up some random numbers which I don't have memorized off the top of my head. I can see a video and tell for myself "Oh, they're fighting against all LTs..." Or, "Oh, they're on the 'rugged' difficulty setting" or "Ok, looks like that's mission/mob is mapped for 8"... A good example of this is that post where someone was acting like me and posting the videos... I could see (obviously) that it was me and not them in the video, and in the other video I could see exactly how hard the mobs they were fighting were, what their playstyle was, and how difficult it really was for them to take it down.

If someone threw numbers at me? I'd say "Ok, whatever... Let me see you play your toon, and then we'll talk."

By the way, how'd you do on the mission solo?

"The One"

Just look up @AlienOne in the MA... I believe the name of it is called "The Battle For Humanity"... Not a very good story, since I made it in a hurry and it was specifically so I could test the capabilities of my human-only form... If you want a better story, check out my other published one--the "CorpsOne" one... I invested a bunch more time into writing that one...

Also, be forewarned! There is a seemingly endless amount of ambushes in my warshade test one! Every time you start attacking a group around one of those altars, ambushes start pouring in... It's easy to get overwhelmed. You might find on a tri-form that you wind up staying in dwarf form most of the time, as switching forms with that many enemies around you is pretty much suicide, unless you're just damn good.

Also, don't forget to map it for 8 players!

In addition, I think videos prove more than numbers do, because they show actual situational gameplay, which most of the time can't figure into "generalized" numbers. Most numbers people throw out don't factor the type of mob you're fighting against, whether you're solo or teamed, how many team members there are, whether or not you're solo mapped for 8 (which I do a lot of times), which difficulty setting you're on, or even if you're fighting in a normal mission, an AV mission, or an AE customized mission. Average general numbers for human/nova/dwarf form can say one thing, and the situation might dictate another, depending on what sort of enemies you encounter and what sort of reflexes/experience you may have, as well as the difficulty setting you're on.

"The One"

Awesome, thanks!!! I'm not sure if it'd be entirely worth it to go through the entire file and do that, since I have a set of 5 files that are around 25MB each in size (HUGE for a text file), but that's extremely helpful information to have, especially since I've been thinking about starting a video series on some of my toons, and that would help with stuff like that. Again, thanks!

And, yeah, that's the way I was planning the videos.... The promo video advertising the event I was going to use no UI and make it "cinematic", and the all-Kheld iTF highlight reel/music video I was going to use the UI for "This really happened" purposes

"The One"

Didn't do a whole lot with it today... I downloaded high-rez images for NCSoft, Cryptic, City of Heroes/Villains, and Paragon Studios today, and worked with them a bit in Photoshop... I also imported my own "WatsonFilms" logo intro animation as well, and listened to the music a few times through to determine what I'm cutting and where...

More to come tomorrow!

"The One"

Willowpaw, would you be so kind as to post a link to the build so I can open it up in my Mid's program, or at least post the data chunk for it? Thanks!

"The One"

I still see a gray border around my avatar. I actually see a little gray sliver underneath your avatar too, Luminara... :P

"The One"

I run Windows Vista 64-Bit OS... Any suggestions for getting the program to work?

"The One"